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Airbnb management, also called short-term rental (STR) management is a service where a professional company handles every aspect of your furnished property on Airbnb, Booking.com, and similar platforms. That means listing creation, guest vetting, check-ins, cleaning coordination, dynamic pricing, and monthly remittance to you. As a homeowner, you earn short-term rental income without managing a single booking yourself.
Here is why it matters. Your furnished apartment in Westlands earns KES 135,000 a month on a long-term lease. Under professional Airbnb management services, the same unit earns KES 180,000 to 195,000. The gap is not about your property. It is about how it is operated. Simpl manages your Airbnb, Booking.com, and direct bookings end-to-end so you earn more from the same property without running the operation yourself.
Occupancy: professionally managed units
Nairobi market average (AirROI 2026)
Airbnb management is a service where a company runs your short-term rental for you — listing, guests, pricing, cleaning, and reporting — while you collect a monthly bank transfer.
Simpl manages Nairobi properties on Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia. Fee: 18% of net booking revenue. One-off setup: USD 195. Payout on the 10th every month.
Best for: furnished apartments, townhouses, villas, and holiday homes in Kilimani, Westlands, Lavington, Karen, Kileleshwa, and Parklands. 1 and 2-bedroom properties perform strongest.
Yes — but not automatically. Nairobi’s short-term rental market has 12,870 active listings (AirROI 2026), with an average occupancy of 46% and an average daily rate of $56. Self-managed listings typically land at or below this market average. Professionally managed units consistently reach 70 to 82 percent occupancy. The difference is dynamic pricing, multi-platform distribution, and fast response time to booking enquiries.
A well-managed one-bedroom apartment in Kilimani or Westlands earns KES 180,000 to 195,000 per month. The same apartment on a long-term lease earns KES 135,000. A two-bedroom in the same area earns KES 140,000 to 160,000 on STR versus KES 195,000 to 230,000 on a fixed tenancy. That gap compounds every month you are below it.
Simpl offers a Market Analysis Report at USD 79 per listing, projected revenue, average daily rate (ADR), and occupancy rate for your unit alongside comparable Airbnb properties. Data-first, no obligation.
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Simpl provides full-service Airbnb management services and short-term rental management in Nairobi. When you work with Simpl, you hand over the operation entirely.
Your property goes live on all three platforms with professional copy, correct categories, and search-optimised tags built for each platform individually. Not a copy-paste job. A listing built to rank and convert.
We organise a real estate photographer for your unit. Your images are the primary factor in whether a guest books or scrolls past.
Every guest is reviewed before confirmation, platform history, identity verification, and booking intent. A refundable security deposit is collected on every booking. Your property is treated as a home, not a hostel.
Guests receive fast, professional support from enquiry to departure, managed through dedicated property operations software. You stop dealing with 10pm WhatsApp messages.
A professional clean before every new arrival, scheduled automatically through our operations platform. No gaps, no exceptions.
Your nightly rate adjusts in real time against demand, local events, Nairobi conference calendars, and competitor occupancy. Dynamic pricing is the single biggest driver of above-market performance. It is standard for every Simpl property.
Minor items below KES 5,000 handled immediately with your notification. Anything above KES 5,000 requires your written approval before work proceeds. Every item receipted in your monthly statement.
A full itemised breakdown of every booking, platform fee, maintenance deduction, and net payout — delivered every month, without fail. Your funds sit in a dedicated trust account, completely separate from Simpl’s operational accounts.
From your first call to your first live booking in under 7 days.
Most Airbnb management companies in Nairobi do not publish their fee. Simpl does here, on the page, before you contact us. You can evaluate the value before you ever speak to anyone.
Fee | What You Pay |
Management fee | 18% of net booking revenue (gross booking minus platform fees) |
Onboarding fee (one-off) | USD 195 — photography coordination, listing creation, channel manager configuration, pricing research, house manual, guest communication templates, and compliance review. |
Cleaning fee | Charged directly to the guest: does not reduce your remittance |
Platform fees | Charged by Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia: typically 12 to 15%. Separate from Simpl’s fee. Shown on every monthly statement. |
The model is built so Simpl earns more only when you earn more. There is no incentive to underperform. The USD 195 onboarding fee can be deducted from your first month's remittance if you prefer, agreed in writing before onboarding begins.
No commitment required. A 30-minute conversation gives you real numbers.
Most furnished properties in Nairobi's prime areas qualify, apartments, townhouses, villas, bungalows, and holiday homes. The strongest performers for short-term rental are 1 and 2-bedroom properties in Kilimani, Westlands, Lavington, Karen, Kileleshwa, and Parklands, though 3-bedroom and larger units perform well for family and corporate group bookings.
Properties near the CBD, Westlands business district, JKIA, and major hospitals perform particularly well on weekday corporate bookings from NGO staff, conference delegates, and business travellers. Nairobi's peak demand periods, the Q1 conference season (January to March), the October to November corporate travel surge, and the December holiday period, regularly push well-managed properties above 85% occupancy.
Your property does not need to be luxury. It needs to be clean, well-furnished, and in a location with genuine demand. If your property is currently vacant, earning below its potential on a long-term lease, or sitting in one of the neighbourhoods listed above, the free assessment will tell you exactly where it stands.
Most Nairobi management companies do not. You can evaluate the value before you speak to anyone. 18% standard.
Our team knows Kilimani, Westlands, Lavington, and Karen from the inside, which properties attract corporate weekday stays, how to price around conference seasons, and which maintenance vendors actually show up when called.
Owner funds are held in a dedicated trust account, completely separate from Simpl's operational accounts. You receive a full itemised revenue statement every month. No opaque deductions.
Simpl currently manages portfolios across single residential units, gated communities, apartment blcosks, commercial office blocks and retail consulting. The documentation and accountability standards from that portfolio apply to every STR unit we take on.
No. Short-term rental income is performance-based, it depends on occupancy, seasonal demand, and nightly rates. What Simpl provides before you sign is a realistic income projection based on current data for comparable units in your area, including the downside range, not just the upside. You also set a minimum nightly rate at onboarding that Simpl will never go below.
Simpl charges 18% of net booking revenue. Net means gross booking value minus the platform’s own service fee (typically 12 to 15%). There is also a one-off onboarding fee of USD 195.
A refundable security deposit is collected from every guest at the time of booking. If no damage is found after checkout, the deposit is released in full. If damage is found, it is documented with photographs and deducted before release. Guest screening is carried out before every booking, platform history, identity verification, and booking intent. For incidents beyond the deposit, Simpl provides full photographic and incident documentation to support an insurance claim.
Your choice. Simpl can create and manage the listing under our platform accounts, or operate as a co-host on your existing Airbnb or Booking.com account. If you have an existing account with review history, we can manage it under your account and those reviews and the listing remain yours. Whichever arrangement you choose is documented in the management agreement before we start.
Yes. All three are connected through a central channel manager. Calendars sync in real time across every platform and double-bookings are not possible. You do not manage anything across channels, Simpl handles it from one dashboard.
The agreement runs for one year and auto-renews annually. Either party can exit with 30 days’ written notice. In genuine unforeseen circumstances within the first 3 months, early termination is available on the same 30-day notice, with any deferred setup fee settled on exit. All confirmed guest bookings at the time of termination are honoured through to completion.
Minor items below KES 5,000 are handled by Simpl with prior notification to you, deducted from your monthly remittance with a receipt. Items above KES 5,000 require your approval before work is commissioned. You are notified of every maintenance issue regardless of cost. Every item appears with receipts on your monthly statement.
Yes. Owner funds are held in a dedicated trust account, separate from Simpl’s operational accounts. Remittance is made on or before the 10th of the month following the booking period, with a full itemised statement showing every booking, platform fee, Simpl’s management fee, and net payout.
Yes, in most cases. Hosting on Airbnb in Kenya requires a county business permit from the Nairobi City County. If your property is in a managed estate or gated community, check your lease or estate rules, some buildings restrict short-term subletting. The Simpl Launch compliance review covers this for your property at the start of onboarding.
The strongest performing areas are Kilimani, Westlands, Lavington, Karen, Kileleshwa, and Parklands. Properties near JKIA, major hospitals, NGO offices, and business parks perform well on weekday corporate bookings. Our property assessment includes a location-specific income projection for your unit.
Your property is either earning its full potential or it is not. A property assessment gives you a clear income projection for your specific unit; no obligation, no pitch, just numbers.
Simpl is a Nairobi-based Airbnb management company providing full-service Airbnb management services, from listing creation to monthly remittance, so you earn more from the same property without the day-to-day load.
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